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Post by John Wall on Oct 29, 2009 18:01:02 GMT
There is a real surname Izzard (presume that was how it was spelled), as in Brian Izzard who produced or directed stuff at LWT, among others. So it could have been unintentional. Who knows? You can find double entendres in anything if you look hard enough (no pun intended!) Many years ago I recall a F A Cunnell - I kid you not !
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Post by Peter Kane on May 29, 2010 11:21:50 GMT
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Post by Peter Kane on Aug 4, 2017 6:58:44 GMT
Very sad news that Robert Hardy (Alec Stewart from The Troubleshooters, has died. Alec Stewart was always my favourite character, I wanted to be him when I grew up !! See this photo (though I can't get it to appear, for some reason) [img src="http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%204/Newcastle%205/The%20Troubleshooters%203_zpsl31de5vc.jpg" src=" " alt="Alec Stewart, with Willie Izard, Peter Thrnton and Brian Stead"]
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Post by John W King on Aug 4, 2017 14:11:50 GMT
Ah the Troubleshooters. One the huge flagship shows on BBC by the time it reached the early seventies but now, like Secret Army, largely forgotten. Shame. They did start releasing the remaining episodes about a year ago but as usual have stopped. And now the death of one of this country's great actors Robert Hardy. In his TV tribute last night no mention of the Troubleshooters. A few bits of trivia. Hardy:said mum used to live in Bishops Cleeve where I now live. Robert was a frequent visitor. In the 1980s I was friends with Chris Carson son of John Carson another big star of the Troubleshooters. The theme tune was written by Tom Springfield brother of Dusty. Let's hope the sad passing of Robert Hardy might create renewed interest in the Troubleshooters.
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Post by Gary Critcher on Aug 7, 2017 10:10:05 GMT
how many dvd's are available? I can only find one on Amazon which contains only 5 episodes. (I also found out that the same DVD on Ebay is over £5 more expensive than Amazon!)
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Post by Stuart Douglas on Aug 7, 2017 10:33:50 GMT
how many dvd's are available? I can only find one on Amazon which contains only 5 episodes. (I also found out that the same DVD on Ebay is over £5 more expensive than Amazon!) That's the only dvd, I think.
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Post by Gary Critcher on Aug 7, 2017 10:42:03 GMT
ah right, thank you Stuart.
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Post by John W King on Aug 7, 2017 19:47:28 GMT
i have a special interest to see episodes of the Troubleshooters - from 1980 to 2001 I worked for ESSO/EXXON as a research scientist. I did visit oil fields in Houston and saw crude oil being pumped out of the ground. I visited the giant refinery at Fawley many times. A lot of the work from day to day was quite mundane but there were also some exciting interludes. It was a really great company to work for. The major work I was involved with for many years was improving the cleanliness of diesel fuel. Please don't believe all you may read in the papers or accept all that is written by the current government. Modern diesel fuel is no where near as harmful as reports claim. Lets hope more missing episodes are found and released on DVD in the near future.
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Post by RWels on Aug 7, 2017 20:05:22 GMT
i have a special interest to see episodes of the Troubleshooters - from 1980 to 2001 I worked for ESSO/EXXON as a research scientist. I did visit oil fields in Houston and saw crude oil being pumped out of the ground. I visited the giant refinery at Fawley many times. A lot of the work from day to day was quite mundane but there were also some exciting interludes. It was a really great company to work for. The major work I was involved with for many years was improving the cleanliness of diesel fuel. Please don't believe all you may read in the papers or accept all that is written by the current government. Modern diesel fuel is no where near as harmful as reports claim. Lets hope more missing episodes are found and released on DVD in the near future. It may not be the best of quality but this might fill some of the gaps: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l51pKwqVjyE&list=PLVYUq7aYmz1PhUQWdDFyzla0VWYYFFoYB
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Post by Peter Kane on Oct 2, 2019 23:28:53 GMT
i have a special interest to see episodes of the Troubleshooters - from 1980 to 2001 I worked for ESSO/EXXON as a research scientist. I did visit oil fields in Houston and saw crude oil being pumped out of the ground. I visited the giant refinery at Fawley many times. A lot of the work from day to day was quite mundane but there were also some exciting interludes. It was a really great company to work for. The major work I was involved with for many years was improving the cleanliness of diesel fuel. Please don't believe all you may read in the papers or accept all that is written by the current government. Modern diesel fuel is no where near as harmful as reports claim. Lets hope more missing episodes are found and released on DVD in the near future. It may not be the best of quality but this might fill some of the gaps: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l51pKwqVjyE&list=PLVYUq7aYmz1PhUQWdDFyzla0VWYYFFoYBInteresting. A complete episode, but Audio only. I doubt we will ever see any more recordings (Audio AND Video) of The Troubleshooters. Sad.
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Post by Vaughan Stanger on Oct 3, 2019 8:48:49 GMT
Interesting. A complete episode, but Audio only. I doubt we will ever see any more recordings (Audio AND Video) of The Troubleshooters. Sad. Philip Morris did mention finding a missing episode of The Troubleshooters at a Starburst event (also a non-missing Callan) in, I think, 2016. Hopefully, one day we'll get to see it.
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Post by adamjordan on Apr 9, 2020 11:03:57 GMT
Interesting. A complete episode, but Audio only. I doubt we will ever see any more recordings (Audio AND Video) of The Troubleshooters. Sad. Philip Morris did mention finding a missing episode of The Troubleshooters at a Starburst event (also a non-missing Callan) in, I think, 2016. Hopefully, one day we'll get to see it. On Saturday, during the FantomFilms Dr Who 'Missing Episodes' broadcast Phil Morris was interviewed about his episode hunting exploits. He mentions pulling back a carpet and finding a missing episode of 'The Sky at Night' and "several episodes of 'Mogul' ". Now, he had let on about finding one missing Troubleshooters. I can't recall if he said it was missing but Vaughan in the post above recalls it was. This was an early find so we're looking at 10 years ago. Have we been told what this episode was? Wikipedia mentions the following.... A previously missing episode from series two - "Birdstrike" - was returned to the BBC by a private collector in May 2010, with the assistance of classic TV organisation KaleidoscopeI don't know if this was the episode in question. Is it possible that Phil was on good terms with Kaleidoscope back in 2010? ( sadly, I don't think they have a good relationship currently) If not, then I'm not aware that we've been given any information about these found episodes which is a bit frustrating for fans of the programme. I had at first thought that the episodes referred to the first series o the Troubleshooters which was titled "Mogul" before the name change in series two onwards but then found this via wiki on a great fan website. The programme was a commercial success for BBC Television, exported around the world in sixty countries. Whilst further seasons of this programme were re-titled The Troubleshooters in the United Kingdom, the series retained the title Mogul for the purposes of overseas sales. There are many many episodes still missing so it would be interesting to know a bit more about these 'Mogul' finds.
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Post by Vaughan Stanger on Apr 9, 2020 13:59:25 GMT
Philip Morris did mention finding a missing episode of The Troubleshooters at a Starburst event (also a non-missing Callan) in, I think, 2016. Hopefully, one day we'll get to see it. On Saturday, during the FantomFilms Dr Who 'Missing Episodes' broadcast Phil Morris was interviewed about his episode hunting exploits. He mentions pulling back a carpet and finding a missing episode of 'The Sky at Night' and "several episodes of 'Mogul' ". Now, he had let on about finding one missing Troubleshooters. I can't recall if he said it was missing but Vaughan in the post above recalls it was. This was an early find so we're looking at 10 years ago. Have we been told what this episode was? Wikipedia mentions the following.... A previously missing episode from series two - "Birdstrike" - was returned to the BBC by a private collector in May 2010, with the assistance of classic TV organisation KaleidoscopeI don't know if this was the episode in question. Is it possible that Phil was on good terms with Kaleidoscope back in 2010? ( sadly, I don't think they have a good relationship currently) If not, then I'm not aware that we've been given any information about these found episodes which is a bit frustrating for fans of the programme. I had at first thought that the episodes referred to the first series o the Troubleshooters which was titled "Mogul" before the name change in series two onwards but then found this via wiki on a great fan website. The programme was a commercial success for BBC Television, exported around the world in sixty countries. Whilst further seasons of this programme were re-titled The Troubleshooters in the United Kingdom, the series retained the title Mogul for the purposes of overseas sales. There are many many episodes still missing so it would be interesting to know a bit more about these 'Mogul' finds. I can't add anything to what you've written above, Adam (wish I could!). I hope one day we'll get to see any missing Mogul/Troubleshooter episodes Philip Morris may have found.
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